from django.views.generic import View from django.http import HttpResponse from django.utils import simplejson import poppler import os class PDFFormFillerEditorView(View): def get(self, request, pdf=""): doc = poppler.document_new_from_file('file:///home/mark/Bedraga.pdf', password=None) json = simplejson.dumps(list(self.get_fields(doc, 0))) return HttpResponse("response from editor view %s" % json) def load_poppler_doc(self, filename): from django.conf import settings pdf_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(settings.STATIC_FORMS_ROOT, filename)) if os.path.isfile(pdf_path): return poppler.document_new_from_file('file://' + pdf_path, password=None) def get_fields(self, poppler_doc, page): fields = poppler_doc.get_page(page).get_form_field_mapping() for field in fields: field_area = field.area field_data = field.field yield { 'name': field_data.get_name(), 'area': { 'x1': field_area.x1, 'x2': field_area.x2, 'y1': field_area.y1, 'y2': field_area.y2, } }